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|   |   | Name: Strontioruizite RRUFF ID: R160085 Ideal Chemistry: Sr2Mn3+2Si4O11(OH)4·2H2O Locality: N’Chwaning III mine, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Source: Bruce Cairncross Owner: RRUFF Description: Clusters of brown, elongate crystals, associated with clusters of purple sugilite, bronze fibrous potassic-magnesioarfvedsonite, and dark red-brown lipuite Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. | 
| Mineral Group: [ Ruizite (5) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R160085.9 | ||||
| Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||
| Cell Refinement Output: | a: 9.149(3)Å    b: 6.287(2)Å    c: 12.044(2)Å alpha: 90° beta: 91.73(3)° gamma: 90° Volume: 692.4(3)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic | ||||
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| REFERENCES for Strontioruizite | |
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| American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] | |
| Hålenius U, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2017) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 39. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2017, Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1279-1286 [view file] | |
| Yang H, Gu X, Cairncross B, Downs R T, Evans S H (2021) Taniajacoite and strontioruizite, two new minerals isostructural with ruizite from the N'Chwaning III mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa, The Canadian Mineralogist, 59, 431-444 [view file] | |
| Celestian A J (2022) New Mineral Names: Hydrous Minerals, American Mineralogist, 107, 1656-1658 [view file] | |
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